Childrenswear designer Ashley Donald has an exciting new fashion exhibition called Adventuress in the APDL Design Lounge over the summer holidays. Find out more about this young emerging designer whose innovative designs contain an ethical message. Can you give me a run down on your background and how you became interested in fashion design? I went … Read more

QUT design graduate and regular Design Online contributor Tom Emmett will design the façade for Lendlease’s new multi-level Kings Co-op car park at Brisbane Showgrounds. Design students from QUT and Griffith University were invited to participate in the design competition by Lendlease, The Buchan Group and RNA. Tom’s work was chosen from four shortlisted entries after an initial judging … Read more

Please welcome Adam Jefford who starts as the new Manager Asia Pacific Design Library (APDL) in January 2017. A colleague recently asked me what I’m about. I had no easy answers as I realised I’ve spent a significant amount of my career asking the questions. While I try to take some solace in the often … Read more

Congratulations to Taneile Nixon who won the prestigious 2016 Karl Langer Award. The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects present the award to a fourth-year QUT Bachelor of Design in Landscape Architecture student who demonstrates the aptitude to make significant contributions to the profession in the future. Nixon’s winning concept focused on her particular interest of coastal disaster management … Read more

Summer holidays are on the horizon which means the APDL summer reading guide is out! We loved curating this list of our favourite design books to help you while away those free hours during the holidays. See what made this year’s list… Chenoa’s picks Program Coordinator, Chenoa is heading to a secluded beach and has a swag of … Read more

Designers can seek their inspiration from anywhere – be it nature, the built environment or, in the case of APDL Design Finds, State Library of Queensland’s immense collection of books and other ephemera. We invited Brisbane-based visual communicators, Jennifer Marchant and Nicole Phillips, to delve into the John Oxley Library and Australian Library of Art … Read more

The role of lighting and community engagement in the development of liveable, social and safe cities will be on the agenda at QUT Design Lab Social Lightscapes panel discussion. The free event will be moderated by architect, urbanist and Director of Archipelago, Peter Edwards. Panellists will include Dr Elettra Bordonaro, founder of Light Follows Behaviour, Dr Joanne … Read more